Friday, October 17, 2008

A Comparison of the Unmatched Count Technique and a Self-Report: Marche'

Marche' Grendon is a Psychology honours student at UKZN. Interested in exploring different factors that may put the young adult population at risk for HIV infection. The current study aimed to firstly compare two different methodological techniques, the self-report questionnaire and the unmatched count technique questionnaire, to test which the two is better suited to estimate reliable and accurate data concerning sensitive behaviours such as risky sex and risky sex following alcohol consumption. This research study was conducted at UKZN with a sample of 545 students.